Reel seat for fishing rods



1,624,052 Apnl 12 1927' c. HEDDON ET AL REEL SEAT FOR FISHING RODS FiledMay 18. 1925 Patented Apr. 1.2, 19.27. A

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

CHARLEB HEDDONLAND JACK T. WELCH, 0F DOWAGIAC, IICHIGAN, ASSIGNOBS TOJAMES HEDDONS SONS, 01|?A DOWAGLAC, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

REEL SEAT FOB FISHING RODS.

application mea ny 1s, 192s. serial no. 30,902. v

In the construction of fish rods it is customary to provide a reel seaton the barrel of the rod near the handle, which seat customarilycomprises a fixed socket adapted to receive one end of the reel baseplate, and amovable ring socket adapted to engage the other end of thereel base plate; and various means have been devised for imparting'longitudinal movement to the movable ring socket in. order to tightlyand firmly engage the reel base. ln most of these prior constructions,however, no satisfactory means have been provided for smoothly andevenly imparting the necessary longitudinal movement referred to,

especially where provision is made for seating and clamping reel baseplates of varying thickness. ln most cases 1t has beencustomary toafford a relatively loose sliding fit to the clamping ring toaccommodate such'variations, but this 1s objectionable in that the ringwhen moved to clamping position has usually been morel or less tilted orcanted, so that a lirm, even contact is not provided. Such clampingrings, moreover, have usually relied solely on friction to pie.- ventlongitudinal movement of thebase plate without affording positiveabutments against the positive ends of the base plate.

, with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Ftigure 1 shows a side elevation of the han e portion of a rod with areel clamped in lace; and Y l! ig. 2 is an enlarged view of the movablesocket ring andadjustable follower ring in section, the rod barrel beingshown in elevation.

The invention is shown applied to a rod having a smooth cylindricalbarrel A provided with aiforward handle grip B and a rear handle grip Cof the usual variety. The barrel is provided at its rear end with afixed hooded socket D adapted to receive the rear end of a reel baseplate E connected with a reel F of the usual character.-

The ixed socket D co-operates with a clamping ring G provided with ahooded socket portion H adapted to engage with the forward end of thereel base plate ll. Eachof the hooded sockets is configured to afford asquare oli'set at its inner end so that when the reel .base plate isseated, and the clamping ring moved to its final posl-` tion, the endsof the base plate will rest in butt contact with the inner ends of therespective sockets, so that no fore and aft play of the reel will bepermitted.

'l'he slidable clamping ring is adapted to be moved into clampingrelation with the reel base plate by means of an adjustable followerring l which consists of an outwardly enlarged knurled portion J and areduced portion K, which latter abuts squarely against the forward edgeof the clamping ring Ur and 1s adapted to impart aneven and uniform foreand aft motion to the latter. he follower ring is provided on its innersurface with threads la, which terminate at a point inside of the rearedge of 'the follower ring to aiford a smooth orv unbroken ridingsurface M which closely encircles the barrel of the rod and ridessmoothly thereon.

The threaded portion of the adjusting ring engages with outstandingthreads N on the barrel near the forward end thereof, the follower ringbeing of suliicient length to afford suflicient retraction to permit thebase plate of the reel Lto be seated free of the movable socket H, afterwhich a turning of the adjustable follower ring will cause the same tomove rearwardly carrying with it the clamping ring which will slidesmoothly and closely upon the barrel until moved to a position totightly engage and hold the reel 1n place.

The arrangement is one which permits of the use of a movable clampingring of a size to closely embrace the barrel Without the possibility ofplay or tilting movement thereon, and the arrangement of the Iollowerring isv such as to afford a smooth sliding movement upon the barrel.The arrangement is .distinctly superior to one in which the threads areinterrupted to afford a socket for the reel base plate, or to anyconstruction in which an effort is made t0 combine the functions of aclamping ring with those of the rotatable follower ring. By providing aslidable unthreaded clam ing ring which need not be rotated, t e

l the reel base plate.

The arrangement is one which positively insures against any displacementof the reel when in use,and at the same time, by moving the clampingring to a greater or less degree, the device will adapt itself to reelbase plates of varying length, since in every f-asethe reel will befirmly engaged when the clamping ring has been moved sulficiently toforce both ends of the base plate into -butt contact with the extremeinner walls of the respective sockets, this adjustment being facilitatedby the slightly tapered formation at each end of the reel base plate.This positive butt contact against both ends of the reel base plateaffords an unyielding engagement with the reel, which is much superiorto that afforded by clamping rings or the like which engage the reelbase plate by frict1on only without positively restraining the reel.

against longitudinal movement.

We claim:

1. In a reel seat, in combination with a barrel, a socket ixedly mountedon the barrel, a clamping ring, closely fitting the barrel and slidablymounted thereongand provided with an outwardly protruded portionfurnishing a movable socket, a set of threads on the barrel, and afollower ring adapted to abut against the clamping ring and providedwith an inner bore adapted in part to engage with the threads on thebarrel, and in part to ridefreely upon the unthreaded portion .of thebarrel, substantially as described.

2. In a reel seat, in combination with a barrel, a socket fiXedlymounted on the barrel, a clamping ring closely fitting the barrel andslidably mounted thereon and provided with an outwardly protrudedportion furnishing a movable socket, a set of threads outstanding fromthe barrel, and a follower ring inwardly threaded throughout a portionof its length to engage the threads on the barrel, and unthreadedthroughout a portion of its length to afford a smooth sliding contactwith thevsmooth portion of the barrel, substantially as described.

3. In a reel seat, in combination with a barrel, a socket fixedlymounted on the barrel, a clamping ring closely fitting' the Vbarrel andslidably mounted thereon and provided with an outwardly protrudedportion furnishing a movable socket, each of said sockets affording anabutment at its inner end adapted` to vcontact the adjacent end of thereel base plate to prevent movement, a set of threads on the barrel, anda follower ring adapted to abut against the clamping ring and providedwith an inner bore adapted in part to engagewith the threads on thebarrel, and in part to ride freely upon the unthreaded portion of thebarrel, substantially as described.

4. In a reel seat, in combination with a barrel, a socket firmly mountedon the barrel, a clamping ring closely fitting the barrel and slidablymounted thereon and provided with an outwardly protruded portionfurnishing a movable socket, each of said sockets affording an abutmentat its inner end, adapted to contact the adjacent end of the reel baseplate to prevent movement, a set of threads on the barrel, and afollower ring inwardly threaded throughout a portion of its length toengage the threads on the barrel, and unthreaded throughout apor- 'tionof its length to afford a smooth sliding contact with the smooth portionof the barrel, substantially .as described.

5. In a reel seat, in combination with a barrel, a socket fixedlymounted on the barrel,"`a'clamping ring closely fitting the barrel andslidably mounted thereon and provided with an outwardly protrudedportion furnishing a movable socket, said socket affording an abutmentat its inner end adapted to engage the adjacent end of the reel baseplate to prevent longitudinal movement, a series of threads on theexterior of the barrel, and a rotatable follower ring in edgewiseVabutment against the clamping ring and provided with an inner borethreaded tofengage with the threads on the exterior of the barrel,`substantially as described.

6. In a reel seat, the combination with a barrel, a socket fixedlymounted on the bar-- rel, a clamping ring closely fitting the barrel andslidably mounted thereon and provided with an outwardly protrudedportion furnishing a movable socket, each of said sockets affording anabutment at its inner end adapted to contact the adjacent end of thereel base plate to prevent movement, a follower ring rotatably mountedon the barrel and in edgewise abutment against the clamping ring, andeo-.acting means on the exterior of the barrel and the interior of thefollower ring for advancing the follower ring upon rotation thereof and.crowding the clamping ring inwardly, substantially as described.

7.'.In a reel seat, the combination with a barrel, a. socket mounted onthe barrel and adaptedto furnish an end abutment for engagement with oneend of a reel base plate, a member slidably mounted on the barrel andadapted to furnish an end abutment for engagement with the opposite endo f the reel base plate to prevent longitudinal movement 3' thereof,means contiguous to the end abutting portion of said member and co redto overlap and embrace the outer face of the said end of the reel baseplate threads on the exterior of the barrel, and a follower ringengaging said threads adapted to abut against and advance said means forabutting and overlapping the contiguous end of the reel base plate,substantially as described.

8. In a reel seat, the combination with a barrel, a socket fxedlymounted on the barrel and adapted to furnish an abutment for engagementwith one end of a reel base plate, means slidably mounted on the barreland adapted to overlap and engage the outer face of the opposlte end ofthe reel base plate, threads on the exterior of the barrel, and afollower ring engagin said threads and in edgewise abutment wit andadapted to advance the said overlapping means, the parts, when inwardlyadjusted, furnishing a socket aording an abutment and an overlap for theextreme end of the reel base plate to prevent longitudinal and lateralmovement thereof, substantially as described.

CHARLES HEDDON. .JACK T. WELCH.

